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physics.plasm-ph2020★ 39 cited

Scaling laws for the (de-)polarization time of relativistic particle beams in strong fields

Johannes Thomas, Anna Hützen, Andreas Lehrach +5

The acceleration of polarized electrons and protons in strong laser and plasma fields is a very attractive option to obtain polarized beams in the GeV range. We investigate the fea…

physics.plasm-ph2020★ 25 cited

Spin polarized proton beam generation from gas-jet targets by intense laser pulses

Luling Jin, Meng Wen, Xiaomei Zhang +4

A method of generating spin polarized proton beams from a gas jet by using a multi-petawatt laser is put forward. With currently available techniques of producing pre-polarized mon…

physics.plasm-ph2019★ 21 cited

Driving positron beam acceleration with coherent transition radiation

Zhangli Xu, Longqing Yi, Baifei Shen +6

Positron acceleration in plasma wakefield faces significant challenges since the positron beam must be pre-generated and precisely coupled into the wakefield, and most critically,…

physics.plasm-ph2019★ 16 cited

A New Injection and Acceleration Scheme of Positrons in the Laser-Plasma Bubble Regime

Z. Y. Xu, C. F. Xiao, H. Y. Lu +15

A novel approach for positron injection and acceleration in laser driven plasma wakefield is proposed. A theoretical model is developed and confirmed through PIC simulation. One ri…

physics.plasm-ph2019★ 54 cited

Polarized electron-beam acceleration driven by vortex laser pulses

Yitong Wu, Liangliang Ji, Xuesong Geng +15

We propose a new approach based on an all-optical set-up for generating relativistic polarized electron beams via vortex Laguerre-Gaussian (LG) laser-driven wakefield acceleration.…

physics.plasm-ph2019★ 18 cited

Radiative deflection by spin effect in the quantum radiation-reaction regime

X. S. Geng, L. L. Ji, B. F. Shen +11

The colliding between ultra-relativistic electrons and an ultra-intense laser pulse is a powerful approach to testify the physics in strong-field QED regime. By considering spin-de…

physics.plasm-ph2018★ 25 cited

Nuclear probes of an out-of-equilibrium plasma at the highest compression

G. Zhang, M. Huang, A. Bonasera +20

We report the highest compression reached in laboratory plasmas using eight laser beams, E12 kJ, =2 ns in third harmonic on a CD target at the She…

physics.plasm-ph2018★ 20 cited

Quantum Reflection above the Classical Radiation-reaction Barrier in the QED Regime

X. S. Geng, L. L. Ji, B. F. Shen +5

The colliding between an ultra-intense laser pulse with a high energy electron beam is not only an important source for high-brightness gamma-rays but also a powerful approach to e…

physics.plasm-ph2018★ 90 cited

Magnetic field generation in plasma waves driven by co-propagating intense twisted lasers

Y. Shi, J. Vieira, R. M. G. M. Trines +3

We present a new magnetic field generation mechanism in underdense plasmas driven by the beating of two, co-propagating, Laguerre-Gaussian (LG) orbital angular momentum (OAM) laser…

physics.plasm-ph2018★ 7 cited

Laser guided ionic wind

Shengzhe Du, Tie-Jun Wang, Zhongbin Zhu +11

We report on a method to experimentally generate ionic wind by coupling an external high voltage electric field with an intense femtosecond laser induced air plasma filament. The m…

physics.plasm-ph2017★ 24 cited

Relativistic magnetic reconnection driven by a laser interacting with a micro-scale plasma slab

Longqing Yi, Baifei Shen, Alexander Pukhov +1

Magnetic reconnection is a fundamental plasma process associated with conversion of the embedded magnetic field energy into kinetic and thermal plasma energy, via bulk acceleration…

physics.plasm-ph2017★ 34 cited

Enhanced betatron radiation by steering a low-energy-spread electron beam in a deflected laser-driven plasma wiggler

Changhai Yu, Jiansheng Liu, Wentao Wang +14

Laser wakefield accelerators (LWFA) hold great potential to produce high-quality high-energy electron beams (e beams) and simultaneously bright x-ray sources via betatron radiation…

physics.plasm-ph2017★ 15 cited

Magetostatic amplifier with tunable maximum by twisted-light plasma interactions

D. Wu, J. W. Wang

Laser beams with Laguerre-Gaussian (LG) mode carry orbital angular momentum (OAM), however when interacting with plasmas, the net OAM acquired by plasmas is basically zero after in…

physics.plasm-ph2016★ 41 cited

Generation of Gamma-ray Beam with Orbital Angular Momentum in the QED Regime

Chen Liu, Baifei Shen, Xiaomei Zhang +8

We propose a scheme to generate gamma-ray photons with an orbital angular momentum (OAM) and high energy simultaneously from laser-plasma interactions by irradiating a circularly p…

physics.plasm-ph2016★ 8 cited

Radiation from laser-microplasma-waveguide interactions in the ultra-intense regime

Longqing Yi, Alexander Pukhov, Baifei Shen

When a high-contrast ultra-relativistic laser beam enters a micro-sized plasma waveguide, the pulse energy is coupled into waveguide modes, which remarkably modifies the interactio…

physics.plasm-ph2016★ 11 cited

Enhancement on Laser Intensity and Proton Acceleration Using Micro-tube Plasma Lens Targets

Joseph Snyder, Liangliang Ji, Kramer Akli

A hollow cylindrical micron-scale structure is proposed to enhance and manipulate the laser plasma interaction. It is shown through 3-D particle-in-cell simulations that the incide…

physics.plasm-ph2016★ 1 cited

Direct acceleration of electrons by a CO laser in a curved plasma waveguide

Longqing Yi, Alexander Pukhov, Baifei Shen

Laser plasma interaction with micro-engineered targets at relativistic intensities has been greatly promoted by recent progress in the high contrast lasers and the manufacture of a…

physics.plasm-ph2016

MeV Argon ion beam generation with narrow energy spread

Jiancai Xu, Tongjun Xu, Baifei Shen +11

Laser driven particle acceleration has shown remarkable progresses in generating multi-GeV electron bunches and 10s of MeV ion beams based on high-power laser facilities. Intense l…

physics.plasm-ph2015★ 18 cited

Identifying the source of super-high energetic electrons in the presence of pre-plasma in laser-matter interaction at relativistic intensities

D. Wu, S. I. Krasheninnikov, S. X. Luan +1

The generation of super-high energetic electrons influenced by pre-plasma at relativistic intensity laser-matter interaction is studied in a one-dimensional slab approximation with…

physics.plasm-ph2015★ 7 cited

The generation of unexpected super-high energetic electrons at relativistic circularly polarized laser-solid interactions in the presence of large scale pre-plasmas

D. Wu, S. I. Krasheninnikov, S. X. Luan +1

As an extension of the previous work [arXiv: 1512.02411], we have investigated the role of circularly polarized (CP) laser pulses while keeping other conditions the same. It is fou…

physics.plasm-ph2015★ 61 cited

Bright X-ray source from a laser-driven micro-plasma-waveguide

Longqing Yi, Alexander Pukhov, Phuc Luu Thanh +1

Owing to the rapid progress in laser technology, very high-contrast femtosecond laser pulses of relativistic intensities become available. These pulses allow for interaction with m…

physics.plasm-ph2015★ 1 cited

Generation of Ultra-intense Gamma-ray Train by QED Harmonics

Chen Liu, Baifei Shen, Xiaomei Zhang +10

When laser intensity exceeds 10^22W/cm^2, photons with energy above MeV can be generated from high-order harmonics process in the laser-plasma interaction. We find that under such…

physics.plasm-ph2013

Hot-electron refluxing enhanced relativistic transparency of overdense plasmas

Yong Yu, Xiao-Ya Li, Zi-Yu Chen +2

A new phenomenon of enhancing the relativistic transparency of overdense plasmas by the influence of hot-electron refluxing has been found via particle-in-cell simulations. When a…

physics.plasm-ph2013

Scheme for proton-driven plasma-wakefield acceleration of positively charged particles in a hollow plasma channel

Longqing Yi, Baifei Shen, Konstantin Lotov +11

A new scheme for accelerating positively charged particles in a plasma wakefield accelerator is proposed. If the proton drive beam propagates in a hollow plasma channel, and the be…